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Manipal Foundation

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Founded4 January 2001 (2001-01-04)
FounderManipal Education and Medical Group
Typecharitable trust
M-20/80 G(R)/CIT/MNG/2010-11
Registration no.094690014
FocusCommunity Service
Location
Area served
India
Key people
Ramdas Pai
Websitehttp://www.manipalfoundation.in/

The Manipal Foundation, is a charitable trust recognized under the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961. It is the philanthropic arm of Manipal University and was founded in 2001.

It pursues several developmental activities, from offering scholarships and freeships worth Rs. 15 Crore for meritorious students, to running maternal and child welfare homes for the rural population in the region, and sponsoring free heart surgeries for children belonging to the lower socio-economic strata. ‘Manipal Arogya Card’, the health insurance scheme of Manipal Foundation, covers over 1,00,000 people who live below the poverty line.[1]

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  1. ^ "Manipal Arogya Card". Business Standard. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
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